Is It Ours?

Art, Copyright, and Public Interest
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-520-34459-4
Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 954 g

Exploring artistic authorship and intellectual property in the contemporary world.

If you have tattoos, who owns the rights to the imagery inked on your body? What about the photos you just shared on Instagram? And what if you are an artist, responding to the surrounding landscape of preexisting cultural forms? Most people go about their days without thinking much about intellectual property, but it shapes all aspects of contemporary life. It is a constantly moving target, articulated through a web of laws that are different from country to country, sometimes contradictory, often contested. Some protections are necessary—not only to benefit creators and inventors but also to support activities that contribute to the culture at large—yet overly broad ownership rights stifle innovation.
 
Is It Ours? takes a fresh look at issues of artistic expression and creative protection as they relate to contemporary law. Exploring intellectual property, particularly copyrights, Martha Buskirk draws connections between current challenges and early debates about how something intangible could be defined as property. She examines bonds between artist and artwork, including the ways that artists or their heirs retain control over time. The text engages with fundamental questions about the interplay between authorship and ownership and the degree to which all expressions and inventions develop in response to innovations by others. Most importantly, this book argues for the necessity of sustaining a vital cultural commons.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buskirk, Martha

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments 

Introduction: The Convenient Fiction of Authorship
1. From Privilege to IP
2. The Appropriation Game
3. Art, Life, and Infringement
4. Moral Rights and Beyond
5. Public Matters
6. Authorship and the Undead
7. Status Shifts
8. From Authentic to Fake
Coda: Life in the Virtual Commons

Notes
List of Illustrations
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martha Buskirk is Professor of Art History and Criticism at Montserrat College of Art. Her publications include Creative Enterprise: Contemporary Art between Museum and Marketplace and The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art, as well as numerous articles and catalogue essays. Her recent research was supported by Guggenheim and Clark Art Institute Fellowships.